What state, county and municipal workers make
Excluding New York City, more than half a million state, county and municipal workers in New York made $29 billion in the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2017, according to data provided by the Office of State Comptroller. That represents a 2.8 percent increase from the year before. Data for the 2015-16 year were also included in the table below.
You can also see this list of more than 500,000 government employees rounded up into a a database of more than 3,000 governmental units in New York State.
The data below, which cover active employees enrolled in the New York State and Local Retirement System, were obtained via a Freedom of Information Law request. You can read more here. This database was posted on Nov. 28, 2017.
| Name | Employer name | Amount | Date | Fiscal year | Pension group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name RIOS, MICHAEL G | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $60,664.16 | Date 10/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, RICHARD L | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $60,664.15 | Date 02/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLODGETT, MALCOLM S | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $60,663.67 | Date 05/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLE, JASON R | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $60,663.53 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEVERS, JAMES P | Employer name General Brown CSD | Amount $60,663.48 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNUTSON, YANA G | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $60,663.44 | Date 09/11/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZYMANSKI, MICHAEL P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $60,663.43 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRBY, JUNE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $60,663.40 | Date 04/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIRGILIO, KELLEY A | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $60,662.35 | Date 03/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADY, BRIAN T | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $60,661.99 | Date 05/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISCHEL, ADAM H | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $60,661.91 | Date 11/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILAIRE, WENDELL A | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $60,661.91 | Date 10/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $60,661.90 | Date 07/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, NICHOLAS J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $60,661.84 | Date 12/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOTTS, PATRICK F | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $60,661.77 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTHERDEN, AMY L | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $60,661.51 | Date 02/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOCKHOLM, LYN A | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $60,661.05 | Date 11/10/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLUBEK, CHARLES R | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $60,661.01 | Date 10/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRICKLER, CELESTE | Employer name Canandaigua City School Dist | Amount $60,660.15 | Date 03/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAITI, RHODA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $60,660.09 | Date 10/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, STEVEN M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $60,659.34 | Date 06/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYMAN, WENDY A | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $60,659.30 | Date 07/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENSON, LISA M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $60,659.24 | Date 10/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CYR, JESSIE R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $60,659.21 | Date 03/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGUST, SCOTT C | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $60,659.09 | Date 12/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KELVEY, ARNOLD | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $60,659.08 | Date 09/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUONG, MINH | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $60,659.01 | Date 01/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, RICARDO | Employer name Erie County | Amount $60,658.69 | Date 04/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, DONALD L, JR | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $60,658.22 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN AMBURGH, TERA A | Employer name Highland CSD | Amount $60,657.78 | Date 03/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, ANDREW | Employer name Bethpage UFSD | Amount $60,657.67 | Date 12/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLOSI, ANTHONY | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $60,657.26 | Date 04/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOSE, DAVID | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $60,657.23 | Date 12/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, BRIAN J | Employer name Town of Woodstock | Amount $60,656.73 | Date 06/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN ERP, PETER H | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $60,656.64 | Date 03/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REGAN, DEBRA B | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $60,656.44 | Date 10/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONRAD, JAMES E | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $60,656.43 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI MICELI, DONNA | Employer name Village of Bayville | Amount $60,656.21 | Date 07/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAUFFER, ERIC J | Employer name Town of Le Roy | Amount $60,656.14 | Date 08/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, DENISE | Employer name Pelham UFSD | Amount $60,654.93 | Date 09/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, JOAN | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $60,654.89 | Date 06/30/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVIER, HELEN J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $60,654.81 | Date 05/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O LEARY, WILLIAM S | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $60,654.62 | Date 08/31/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARMOL, SUSAN | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $60,654.10 | Date 01/05/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEALLIAS, SUSAN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $60,653.99 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICKSON, ALEXANDER J | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $60,653.94 | Date 02/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMADON, TATIANA L | Employer name Delaware County | Amount $60,653.49 | Date 06/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SONDEY, JOSEPH S | Employer name Town of Wawayanda | Amount $60,652.94 | Date 07/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SQUIRE, PATRICK T | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $60,652.89 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VONO, SAMUEL A | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $60,652.72 | Date 12/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOWINSKI, DEREK M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $60,652.31 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARRICK, RICHARD H, JR | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $60,651.95 | Date 06/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAVESKY, JILLIAN Z | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $60,651.95 | Date 03/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIONDI, DIANE K | Employer name Ramapo Catskill Library System | Amount $60,651.78 | Date 12/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREY, TODD D | Employer name Warren County | Amount $60,651.60 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOWER, BARBRA J | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $60,651.41 | Date 10/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY, SIDNEY H | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $60,651.24 | Date 10/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TERRI L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $60,650.74 | Date 05/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONOMOS, DONNA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $60,650.33 | Date 10/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORASKI, ROBERT J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $60,650.30 | Date 04/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANOWSKI, MATTHEW C | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $60,650.17 | Date 09/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUJO, RONNA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $60,649.10 | Date 05/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CANNON, ELLEN C | Employer name Yorktown CSD | Amount $60,648.53 | Date 09/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITEFORD, JENNIFER J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $60,648.36 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIRX, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $60,648.34 | Date 02/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, LAWRENCE A | Employer name Washington County | Amount $60,648.34 | Date 05/15/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENBERG, SUSAN I | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $60,648.32 | Date 06/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, RANDY L | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $60,648.24 | Date 11/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JUSTYN A | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $60,648.02 | Date 08/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARAMANOS, GEORGE G | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $60,648.00 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $60,647.91 | Date 05/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEER, LAURIE A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $60,647.73 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAMER, JOSEPH L | Employer name Tonawanda Housing Authority | Amount $60,647.65 | Date 10/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDSAY, SHELDON A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $60,647.53 | Date 01/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORT, DAVID K | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $60,647.50 | Date 10/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURPOE, KRISTEN A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $60,647.30 | Date 05/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRESNAHAN, KENNETH D | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $60,647.06 | Date 04/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, FELICIA A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $60,646.59 | Date 06/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, APRIL L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $60,646.40 | Date 01/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIENA, RONALD J | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $60,646.15 | Date 09/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, HEATHER J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $60,646.06 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRUNK, ANNE M | Employer name Lawrence UFSD | Amount $60,646.04 | Date 09/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPARI, DOMINIC A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $60,645.95 | Date 03/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHARD, CAROLE M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $60,645.87 | Date 02/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, DAPHNE L | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $60,645.67 | Date 08/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAQUET, DENNIS C | Employer name Town of Clarence | Amount $60,645.59 | Date 03/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABCOCK, STEVEN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $60,645.57 | Date 02/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDWITH, SALLY A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $60,645.46 | Date 06/27/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIE, JOEL R | Employer name Town of Dickinson | Amount $60,645.29 | Date 04/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, JERRELL | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $60,645.20 | Date 07/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAIN, BRANDON T | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $60,645.10 | Date 01/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JASPER, JEREMY C | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $60,644.86 | Date 01/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAHOUM, DOUGLAS S | Employer name Orange County | Amount $60,644.71 | Date 10/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROFT, PATRICIA E | Employer name Binghamton Childrens Services | Amount $60,644.58 | Date 12/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, LOUISA | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $60,644.55 | Date 04/30/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, LINDSAY H | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $60,644.42 | Date 07/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEHRMEYER, JAMES R | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $60,644.41 | Date 10/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASI, ANGELA V | Employer name Village of Lake Success | Amount $60,644.37 | Date 01/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONOUGH, THOMAS P, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $60,644.23 | Date 09/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOBACCO, SUSAN B | Employer name Town of Southeast | Amount $60,643.97 | Date 05/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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